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On May 23, 1985, William "Count" Basie was presented, posthumously, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan. The award was received by Aaron Woodward. On September 11, 1996, the U.S. Post Office issued a Count Basie 32 cents postage stamp. Basie is a part of the Big Band Leaders issue, which, is in turn, part of the ...
The Monmouth County Arts Council operated the theater until June 30, 1999, when the not-for-profit corporation Count Basie Theatre, Inc. managed, program, and preserve the theater. On May 14, 2018, the theater changed its name to Count Basie Center for the Arts as part of a $26 million expansion.
The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC 2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring the song arrangements of Neal Hefti and the Count Basie Orchestra.
In the early years of the building the facility was a major tour stop in the Southeast US with everyone performing there, including Count Basie & His Orchestra in 1939, Louis Armstrong in 1940 (for $1.20 a ticket) and 1944, Ella Fitzgerald in 1941, Duke Ellington in 1951 with Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan, Elvis Presley in 1956, Bill Haley ...
Easin' It is a studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra recorded between 1960 and 1962. The album contains a collaboration by Frank Foster, a well known member from Basie's big band. All tracks were composed, arranged and conducted by Foster and is a mixture of jazz and blues. The tune Easin' It became a great success for Basie those years.
Print/export Download as PDF ... Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (1965) Art and Soul ... Rating; Allmusic [1] Arthur Prysock and Count Basie is a 1965 studio album by ...
Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is an album by the Count Basie Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1997. [1] The orchestra is led by Grover Mitchell and features four songs with New York Voices .
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